7 February - 2 May 2025: Composers are invited to submit their scores and proposals for Choir and Orchestra (with optional soloists) for all four prizes.
Summer 2025: The Juries will select the 2026 Laureates.
Fall 2025 - Fall 2026: Laureates will be publicly announced in Fall 2025 and will have until Fall 2026 to create their works.
Season 2026/27: The 2026 AMP Prize-winning works will be premiered during a Gala Week in Montréal.
2027: Recording and international concert dates remain TBD.
| Sections | Composición |
| Deadline | 07 feb - 02 may 2025 |
| Finals | 2026 - 2027 |
| Where | Montreal, Canadá |
| Age groups | Composers of all ages |
Created in 2014 by Sharon Azrieli CQ for the Azrieli Foundation, AMP celebrates excellence in music composition by offering the largest prize package of its kind in Canada, making it one of the most substantial composition competitions in the world.
For its sixth biennial cycle, AMP is seeking scores and proposals for choir and orchestra with optional soloists. The Azrieli Music Prizes consist of one discovery prize and three commissions, awarded to the composers whose submissions display the utmost artistry, technical mastery and professional expertise in response to each Prize theme.
AMP comprises four categories: The Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, the Azrieli Commission for International Music, The Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music, and The Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music.
The Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music invites Canadian composers to propose new musical works that embrace the complexities of composing in Canada today.
The Azrieli Commission for International Music invites composers worldwide to deeply engage in a creative interplay of cultures that have meaningful connections to their lived experience.
The Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music invites composers to creatively and critically engage with the question, “What is Jewish music?”
The Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music is awarded to a composer who has written the best new undiscovered work that engages with the question, "What is Jewish music?" Works may be nominated by individuals or institutions, including composer self-nomination. Eligible works may have been premiered within 75 years of the award date but must not have a significant performance history or be commercially recorded.
AMP welcomes nominations from individuals and institutions of all ages, genders, nationalities, faiths and backgrounds. Submissions are reviewed by expert juries through an open call for scores and proposals. There is no entry fee.
1. A $50,000 CAD cash prize
2. A premiere/performance of their prize-winning work at a gala concert in Montréal, also livestreamed globally
3. Two international performances
4. A commercial recording release
The total package for each Azrieli Music Prize is valued at over $200,000 CAD.
All four Prize laureates are expected to attend the rehearsals, performances and recordings of their prize-winning works, with full support from the Azrieli Foundation, and will be publicly honored at the Gala Concert. Composer laureates attend the AMP Gala Concert as guests of the Azrieli Foundation.
Canadian Music Jury:
Barbara Assiginaak, Kelly-Marie Murphy, David Pay, Colleen Renihan and Ana Sokolović.
International Music Jury:
Chaya Czernowin, Margareta Ferek-Petrić, Jonathan Goldman and Samy Moussa.
Jewish Music Jury:
Ofer Ben-Amots, Avner Dorman, Neil W. Levin, Steven Mercurio, Gisèle Ben-Dor and Na’ama Zisser.
